Human dignity ... is derived from a sense of independence.

We must, therefore, quit our roles as jailers and instead take care to prepare an environment in which we do as little as possible to exhaust the child with our surveillance and instruction

No one who has ever done anything really great or successful has ever done it simply because he was attracted by what we call a 'reward' or by the fear of what we call a 'punishment.'

Nothing is created or destroyed in nature.

Bring the child to the consciousness of his own dignity and he will feel free.

A child's character develops in accordance with the obstacles he has encountered... or the freedom favoring his development that he has enjoyed.

In nature nothing creates itself and nothing destroys itself.